Loughborough Baptist Church

World War I

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Listing Status: Grade II
District: Charnwood

Parish: Loughborough

Tall pillar of polished Peterhead granite on two tiered base, with leaded inscription in black. AF notes advised moved to car park here while drainage repairs carried out Aug 1995. Unveiled August 21st 1919

Gallery

View Further Details Memorial Type:Pillar or Column Ref: WMP0706 Other Designation: Conservation Area Notes: A report compiled by Historic England includes the following information about the memorial at Baxter Gate: 122 men from the three Baptist congregations in Loughborough served in the First World War, and of those 45 were killed, 23 of whom were members of the Baxter Gate and King Street churches. The war memorial, paid for by the church members and unveiled on the 21 August 1919, and dedicated by the Minister, Reverend Reuben Handford, commemorates these men. The memorial, originally surmounted by an iron lamp post, stood at the centre of the forecourt to Loughborough Baptist Church, Baxter Gate (Grade II). It has since been moved to the left-hand side of the entrance gates to the church, beside No 8 Baxter Gate, and to the right-hand side of the entrance gates, beside No 11 Baxter Gate, where it currently stands. UKNIWM Ref: 73666 Information Sources: A Finney, LCC, Rfp

Location

Baxter Gate - Loughborough
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Inscription Reads

ERECTED IN HONOUR
OF
THE MEN FROM THIS CHURCH
WHO SERVED THE CAUSE OF
FREEDOM & RIGHT
IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE
NAMED BELOW
WHO FELL IN THE CONFLICT
[NAMES]
JESUS SAID:- I AM THE RESURRECTION
AND THE LIFE. JOHN XI 25

Casualties Listing

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Bourne - William Edgar Private Leicestershire Regiment C Coy; 1 23/03/1918 Kent - William Francis Lance Corporal Leicestershire Yeomanry 13/05/1915 Ward - RW Wesley - William Corporal Army Pay Corps Nottingham 09/07/1918